Kuvi language

Kuvi
Native to	India
Region	Orissa, Andhra Pradesh
Ethnicity	Khonds
Native speakers	160,000 (2001 census)^[1]
Language family	Dravidian South-Central Gondi–Kui Kuvi–Kui Kuvi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kxv`
Glottolog	`kuvi1243`^[2]

Kuvi is a Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds. It is mostly spoken in Orissa.

References

↑ Kuvi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kuvi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Dravidian languages

Southern

Tamil-Kannada

Kannada-Badaga	Badaga Holiya Kannada Urali

Kodagu	Kodava Kurumba

Malayalam languages	Aranadan Jeseri Kadar Malapandaram Malaryan Malavedan Malayalam Mullu Kurumba Paliyan Paniya Ravula

Tamil languages	Betta Kurumba Eravallan Irula Kaikadi Kanikkaran Muthuvan Tamil Yerukala

Toda-Kota	Kota Toda

Sholaga

Macro-Tulu

unclassified

South-Central

Central

North

Unclassified

Italics indicate extinct languages (no surviving native speakers and no spoken descendant)

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